Aelia Eudoxia

Aelia Eudoxia (377-6 October 404) was the Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire as the wife of Arcadius.

Biography
Aelia Eudoxia was born in 377 AD, the daughter of Flavius Bauto, a Romanized Frankish statesman; she was also the sister of Arbogast. She started her life in Constantinople as a member of the household of magister militum Promotus, and she was orphaned at the time of her arrival. Promotus died in 391, and Eudoxia went on to marry Arcadius in 395. She gave birth to five surviving children, and she was known to be smarter than her husband, although her opponents accused her of "barbarian arrogance". She was also involved in religious affairs, becoming a rival of John Chrysostom after helping in the deposition of his ally, the influential minister Eutropius. Eudoxia died in 404.